by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
Bank of America, N.A. v. Veluchamy (In re Veluchamy), 2014 Bankr. LEXIS 5106 (Dec. 18, 2014) A noteworthy discussion involving reputed valuation experts over how to value stock in one of the defendants’ S corporations lies buried in a bankruptcy case that features...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Wisniewski v. Walsh, 2013 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 724 (April 2, 2013) Children learn that bad behavior has consequences. An appellate court recently taught a similar lesson to a troublemaking shareholder whose doings forced a buyout. Three siblings each owned a...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
The valuation opinions of nonexperts can be a useful reality check on the opinions of bona fide valuation experts, says the Delaware Court of Chancery in a case that involves an increasingly popular technique known as “appraisal arbitrage.” The court’s finding applies...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Financial Planning, Valuations
Financial experts are often needed in commercial litigation cases. They could be used to value a business, figure out economic damages, or to look into fraud allegations. In these cases, the quality of the numeric data that is available to the expert is critical,...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
Lane v. Lampkin, 2014 Miss. App. LEXIS 497 (Sept. 16, 2014) How do you assess damages in a situation in which one of two equal shareholders died and the surviving partner feels compelled to open a new company that does the same work as the original company? A divided...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Valuation experts receive a lot of advice on how to guard against an attack from the opposing side, but sometimes an attack can come from the expert’s own client. A recent case shows how an appraiser who sued a client over unpaid fees was put on the defensive. Costly...
